HILLS AND ROCKY WOODS 



I. Wild Columbine 



Aquiihgia Canadensis. — Family, Crowfoot. Color, red and 

 yellow. Leaves, root and stem, compound, on long stalks, 

 leaflets divided and roundish-lobed. Time, April to June. 



Sepals, 5, colored, ovate. Petals, 5, red, lined with yellow ; 

 in shape they are long, hollow spurs, ending in a little knob 

 below, tipped with a short lip above. Stamens, many and long, 

 protruding. Pistils, 5, making as many long, erect pods, 

 tipped with the slender styles. Flowers, nodding, i^ inches 

 long. I to 2 feet high. 



One would scarcely dare to deck her bonnet with red and yel- 

 low, but good taste is not offended when nature's artist dips the 

 brush in chrome for a lining to the columbine's scarlet cornu- 

 copias. 



Its delicate foliage and bright flower make this a favorite, 

 whether it nods in greeting from its favorite clefts in high rocks 

 or grows humbly at our feet. 



Insects find sweet honey at the end of the tiny horns, and carry 

 pollen from one flower to another. 



2, Early Meadow-rue 



Thalictrum dioicum. — Family, Crowfoot. Color, purplish 

 and greenish. Leaves, compound, the leaflets stalked, rounded, 

 drooping, 3 to 7-Iobed. Time, April, May. 



Petals, none. Calyx of 4 or 5 sepals, falling early. Stamens 



